Award Amount: $452,499

Direct Costs: $300,000

Indirect Costs: $152,499

Lead PI: Becker, Howard

Sponsor: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - NIH/NIAAA

Sponsor Award No.: 2U01AA014095-20

Award Admin Unit: Psychiatry/Addiction Sciences

Official Report Date: 2/16/2022

Award Begin Date: 2/16/2022

Award End Date: 1/31/2023

 

 

 

The Chair’s Research Development Fund (CRDF) supports several goals related to maintaining high quality research training programs. Primary goals are:

• Increase the number of extramurally--funded junior investigators
• Encourage integration of trainees into research projects
• Enhance mentor-mentee collaborations within and across department divisions
• Increase minority representation among funded junior investigators

Annual mandatory training for 2022 has been assigned in MyQuest. Please note that ALL MUSC employees have a requirement of 4 hours of Diversity and Inclusion training, which is self-directed. Learn more about this requirement here. The deadline for completion of all training is June 30, 2022.

• Explain differences between sexual attraction vssexual harassment
• Notify employers of their responsibilities and stepsthey can take to lessen their liabilities byrecognizing and preventing sexual harassment inthe workplace.

 

 

In September 2018, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of Research on Women’s Health renewed a 5-year award for Drs. Aimee McRae-Clark and Kathleen T. Brady, funding a research center focused on sex and gender-based multidisciplinary research at MUSC. One of the goals of the center is to catalyze women’s health-related research throughout the MUSC campus. This goal will be facilitated primarily by the support of pilot projects at MUSC.

 

The purpose of the Pilot Program is to provide short-term start-up funds to promising postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty (less than 5 years from post-doctoral training/terminal degree) to collect initial data for an R03, R21, or R01 submission. The project must focus on a neuroscience-related topic and explore either sex/gender differences or disorders/treatments as they uniquely relate to women. The project can be either clinical or basic science, and projects involving multidisciplinary teams and/or translational research efforts are especially encouraged.

Eligibility: Currently salaried postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty
Proposal Receipt Date: Friday, April 1, 2022, 5:00 PM
Award Notification: April 2022
Expected Funding Date: May 1, 2022
Funding Limit: $15,000 (direct costs only)
Funding Period: May 1, 2022 - April 30, 2023

To apply, please email the following documents to the SCORE Program Manager at wagne@musc.edu between the dates of March 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022:

1. Submit a description (maximum of 5 pages, not including references) of your project using the following format:

     A. Statement of the Problem / Background
     B. Primary hypothesis to be tested
     C. Methods to be used
     D. Significance of the project and relationship to sex and gender research
     E. Clear description of how the pilot project will lead to extramural grant funding

 

2. Postdoctoral fellows must also submit a letter of support from the faculty mentor supervising the project.

3. Submit an NIH-type bio-sketch for the applicant. Postdoctoral fellows should also submit the mentor’s bio-sketch.

4. Submit a budget (using the PHS398 form) and a brief budget justification. Budgets can be no more than $15,000 andcannot provide funds for major equipment, travel, or salary support for the applicant or other faculty. Registration fee forone conference, at which the project PI will present SCOR Pilot project data, may be purchased.

5. Applicants are strongly encouraged to take advantage of assistance provided by the SCORE Biostatistical ResearchCore when preparing their application. Consults can be requested by contacting Dr. Viswanathan Ramakrishnan atramakris@musc.edu or 843-876-1153.

Please address inquiries to:
Amanda Wagner, MA, LPC
Program Manager
wagne@musc.edu
843-792-0484

Funding for the MUSC SCORE provided by:
NIDA/ORWH: U54 DA016511 in partnership with MUSC

Child & Adolescent Division

 

Open Rank/Faculty (UNIV, Full-Time): This candidate will primarily provide inpatient services to children and adolescents (6-12yo) in the Institute of Psychiatry. They will be responsible for the care of patients and the supervision of medical students, residents, and Child Fellows for one of our interdisciplinary care teams. This candidate will also have a small portion of their effort dedicated to another service that may consist of telemedicine, outpatient care, and/or residential care depending on candidates preferences and effort availability.

 

Division of Forensics

 

Social Worker (LISW) (MUSCP, Full-Time): The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Forensics is seeking a Social Worker to provide direct care and case management to patients in a clinic setting. Provide a wide variety of direct social worker services for a complex caseload of patients/clients including psychosocial assessment, active treatment, discharge planning, case management, and related documentation in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary forensic/and or treatment team.

 

National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center

 

Human Services Coordinator II (UNIV, Full-Time): This position will serve as an outreach clinician for our school-based programs, working with two local schools in Charleston County School District. This position will provide Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT) to adolescents who have experienced trauma and have related risk behaviors (e.g. risky sexual behaviors, substance use). This position will also help provide educational and resiliency programming for school staff through this project. We are looking for a master's level provider with experience in providing trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

 

Bilingual Human Services Coordinator I (UNIV, Full-Time): The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is seeking a Bilingual Human Services Coordinator I. The candidate will provide clinical case management and advocacy on a service grant for Spanish and English speaking victims of crime. The position includes comprehensive needs assessments; clinical case coordination both in person and over phone, community based clinical services, coordination of services with local agencies who serve Spanish and English speaking victims of crime, program evaluation, and administrative duties. Proficiency in Spanish (conversational and written) required.

 

Sleep and Anxiety Research and Treatment Program

 

Clinical Instructor/Assistant Professor (UNIV, Full-Time): The Sleep and Anxiety Treatment and Research Program (SATRP) is seeking a full-time Clinical Instructor or Clinical Assistant Professor (rank dependent upon education and experience) to provide evidence based outpatient treatment for a wide variety of both sleep and anxiety issues. This position requires a psychologist who will see patients, supervise trainees, coordinate patient care, and participate in program activities (e.g., journal clubs, case conferences).

 

Women's Reproductive Behavioral Health Division

 

Assistant Professor (UNIV, Full-Time): The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MUSC is seeking a clinical psychologist with an interest and experience in Women’s Mental Health. The candidate will work collaboratively within an integrated behavioral health program and provide evidence-based psychotherapies to pregnant and postpartum women with mental health disorders, substance use disorders, and stress-related disorders as well as therapy for women experiencing traumatic events, grief and/or perinatal loss.

 

Licensed Social Worker LISW-CP (MUSCP, Full-Time): The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Women’s Reproductive Behavioral Health Division is seeking a Licensed Social Worker. The purpose of this position is to enhance an integrated behavioral health program and provide evidence-based psychotherapies to pregnant and postpartum women with mental health and substance use disorders in order to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with these conditions.